ToupeeOnFire

That was clutch right there.

I would seriously consider bringing in Griese for the next series.

Yes he was. I'm positive.

Sorry, but Rex Sox. (tonight)

Prediction: When the Bears next get the ball, they'll drive down the field only to stall in the red zone. Robbie Gould will inexplicably be sent out to kick a field goal, but he'll shank it.

Damn, sounds like he is hurting. Edit: Going into the lockerroom with a right foot sprain.

We got a game!

Yep, and the Bears are playing like crap. Combine the two and you have what you are seeing tonight.

Kind of late to be bringing Benson in for the first time.

Back to a 20 point defecit. Good thing they got that field goal, otherwise they would be down by more.

Now Gould is starting to suck.

3 points would really suck right here.

Way to split the defenders, Berrian.

I'm not at all shocked by this. You have an overconfident team hearing all kinds of media hype about how good they are coming into the stadium of a team with renewed energy and confidence behind their young, first round QB playing their first Monday Night game in years in a brand new stadium. That combined with a QB who has been a bit lucky with near interceptions and a team that has been on the fortunate end of the giveaway/takeaway battle in their previous contests and a game like this was not impossible to predict. Hopefully, they show up in the second half.

Lovie: "We've been outcoached and outplayed."

Between Kornheiser, Theisman, and celebrity interviews, these ESPN Monday night telecasts have become unwatchable.

On the bright side, this should derail the bandwagon a little. Too much hype, too many comparisons to the '85 Bears, too much Super Bowl talk. All that stuff is way too premature and I'll be glad to see it toned down. This team still has a long way to go and hopefully this will wake them up.

Political correctness run amuck.

Why the long faces? The Cubs will have one of the two best managers in the game. Hawk Harrelson said so!

With Piniella, you can almost take it to the bank that Rothschild will be back. Why is that? What relationship do they have, other than LTC being Piniella's bullpen coach long ago? Yeah, I don't think it's a guarantee that Rothschild will be retained under Lou. Of course, maybe that is wishful thinking on my part.

Looks like I called it: He lacks sex appeal. (Make your own joke.)

My biggest concern with Lou is not so much how he handles the offense - I don't think he views base clogging as a negative - but how he'll handle the pitching staff. As far as rookies, if the Cubs are 10 games out by next September and he still insists on playing, say, a Mabry-like player ahead of someone like Scott Moore...well, then, hopefully he'll drag Jim Hendry into the voidless MLB purgatory which he so richly deserves. By hiring Lou, I hope the Cubs mean business and are willing to take the steps necessary to go all out. PS: Please hire Chris Chambliss for hitting coach. PSS: Oh yeah, ARod.

Looks like it is Cubs or bust for Piniella. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2624381 Here's hoping that Bochy wows the socks off of Hendry.

Oh, I agree and I think Bochy would be a good hire. It's just that he is not as "sexy" as the other candidates. Over on ChicagoSports.com they have a poll accompanying the Bochy story and only 7.8% think the Cubs should hire him, compared to 74.9% 'nay' votes. I really hope Hendry doesn't consider Q rating as a criteria in hiring managers - and I don't think he will - but I expect some bellyaching if he goes with Bochy.

One of the things I've noticed is that beyond NSBB, Bochy would be an extremely unpopular choice. You've got a group of fans that are Girardi people and a group of fans who are Piniella people (and I'm sure there is overlap, lots of people from either group that wouldn't be too upset if the other got hired), but Bochy? If there is a group for him. you could fit them inside a thimble. I mean, I can just hear Jay Mariotti sharpening up his keyboard: The Tribsters, faced with a monumental decision as to who would become the face of Cubdom, could have made a statement that they were tired of the status quo. Approaching the 100th anniversary of Cub futility, it was an opportunity for McMarketer McDonough to finally shed the lovable loser label and come up with a winner, a leader of men who would not tolerate the stinky stink losing culture that so infects this moribund organization. Behind door number one you had wunderkind manager, Joe Girardi, an up-and-comer who did magnificent things in Florida and was a natural fit for a franchise that often seems more concerned with image than it does with winning. Behind door number two, you had firebrand Lou Piniella (my choice for manager), a proud man with a World Series ring who was won 90 or more games with three different teams, a man for whom losing is a dirty word, a man who could have turned around this sad sack organization through sheer force of will. Faced with the most important decision in the history of the franchise, there was no way Jim Hendry and the Tribsters could screw this one up, could they? Surely, faced with two well-qualified candidates that fell into their lap, the keys to Cubdom had to go to the right man, right? Say hello to Bruce Bochy, consolation prize. The latest in a long line of sacrificial lambs that will be chewed up and spit out by an operation that turns managers into shredded wheat. The Tribsters finally had a chance to make a statement with a bold move, instead they went with Mr. Milktoast. How typical. How sad. How Cub.